Despite economical growth, there was much opposition against the Mohammed Reza Shah, and how he used his secret police, the savak, to control the country.the opposition was lead Ayatollah Khomeini, who lived in exile in Iraq and later in France.His message was distributed by music and cassettes, which were smuggled in iran, then duplicated, and spread through out the country.this was the beginning of the islamic revolution.
Ayatollah khomeini founder of the islamic Republic
Despite economical growth, there was much opposition against the Mohammed Reza Shah, and how he used his secret police, the savak, to control the country.the opposition was lead Ayatollah Khomeini, who lived in exile in Iraq and later in France.His message was distributed by music and cassettes, which were smuggled in iran, then duplicated, and spread through out the country.this was the beginning of the islamic revolution.